2010 MAC Championship Game

For the MAC men's basketball championship, see 2010 MAC men's basketball tournament.

College football game

2010 MAC Championship Game

Conference Championship
| Northern Illinois Huskies | Miami RedHawks

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(10–2) | (8–4)
21 | 26
Head coach:
Jerry Kill | Head coach:
Michael Haywood
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24| 23| 25
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Northern Illinois | 14| 0| 0| 7 | 21
Miami | 13| 0| 7| 6 | 26
Date| December 3, 2010
Season| 2010
Stadium| Ford Field
Location| Detroit, Michigan
MVP| Thomas Merriweather (RB, Miami)
Favorite| N. Illinois by 18.5
Referee| Mike Conlin (R), Ken Zelmanski (U), Bruce Keeling (L), J. Shelton (LJ), Tom Riepenhoff (BJ), Joel Clay (FJ)
Attendance| 12,031
United States TV coverage
Network| ESPN
|  MAC Championship Game

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2010 Mid-American Conference football standings

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Team |  | W |  | L |  |  |  |  | W |  | L |
East Division
Miami (OH) x$  |  | 7  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 10  | - | 4  |
Ohio |  | 6  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 5  |
Temple |  | 5  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 4  |
Kent State |  | 4  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 7  |
Bowling Green |  | 1  | - | 7  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 10  |
Buffalo |  | 1  | - | 7  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 10  |
Akron |  | 1  | - | 7  |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 11  |
West Division
Northern Illinois x  |  | 8  | - | 0  |  |  |  |  | 11  | - | 3  |
Toledo |  | 7  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 5  |
Western Michigan |  | 5  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 6  |
Ball State |  | 3  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 8  |
Central Michigan |  | 2  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 9  |
Eastern Michigan |  | 2  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 10  |
Championship: Miami 26, Northern Illinois 21

* $ - Conference champion
* x - Division champion/co-champions

The 2010 MAC Championship Game was played at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, December 3, 2010, at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan to determine the 2010 football champion of the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The game featured the Miami University Redhawks and the Northern Illinois Huskies.

Miami defeated Northern Illinois 26-21 on a 33-yard pass from Austin Boucher to Armand Robinson for a touchdown with 33 seconds remaining in regulation. The game lasted 3 hours and 12 minutes.[1]

## Scoring

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First Quarter

* Miami — Thomas Merriweather scored on a 1-yard run to give MU-Ohio 6 point lead (Northern Illinois 0 - Miami 6)
* Northern Illinois — Martel Moore caught a 69-yard pass from Chand Harnish (Northern Illinois 7 - Miami 6)
* Miami — Tracy Woods ran for 7 yards for a touchdown (Northern Illinois 7 - Miami 13)
* Northern Illinois — Chand Harnish passed to Martel Moore for a 27-yard touchdown (Northern Illinois 14 - Miami 13)

Third Quarter

* Miami — T. Merriweather ran for 1-yard touchdown (Northern Illinois 14 - Miami 20)

Fourth Quarter

* Northern Illinois — Willie Clark caught a 39-yard pass from Harnish (Northern Illinois 21 - Miami 20)
* Miami — Austin Boucher passed to Armand Robinson for 33 yards (Northern Illinois 21 - Miami 26)

## References

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1. ^ Final Gamebook, December 3, 2010

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